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# Software Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Aether Aerospace
- **Location:** Union City, OH, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Data Integrity, DevOps, Key Management, Linux System Administration, OpenSSL, Ansible, System Testing, Backup and Restore, YAML, Scripting, Okta, Terraform
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3062724188-2

## About the Role

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance
Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 10-12 years of cumulative relevant professional experience, including experience with the technologies and responsibilities outlined below.

 * Security+ CE Certification (or other IAT Level II or III Certification)

 * Hands on systems administration in Linux environments (RHCE equivalence)

 * Keycloak Integration

 * DevOps, AWS, Terraform

 * Securing systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government/compliance requirements (such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-27, NIST 800-137, FISMA, FEDRAMP), and negotiating/working -with IA personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions

 * Customer interactions, including presenting, answering questions, proactively resolving issues

 * Experience creating and analyzing Ansible, Bash, YAML and Python scripts

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

 * Experience with IT Security concepts and implementations

 * Experience implementing, managing, and configuring with AWS

 * Experience with enhance data protection and compliance (such as OpenSSL, Keystores, Azure Key Vault, Cyphers)

 * Experience with log management, network firewalls, and testing. (Being able to track down the root cause of a service/application failure through the use of logs and CLI-based tools (Log-based Analysis

 * Experience with researching, analyzing, documenting and presenting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for key product solutions

 * Experience with Agile/Kanban, GitOps

## Description

OVERVIEW Full-time/Permanent Employee Location: Remote, preferred Boston, MA or Dayton, OH RESPONSIBILTIES

 * Provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, and all system level requirements and functional objectives to provide an integrated solution while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, and cost.

 * Develops integrated system test requirement, strategies, devices, and systems.

 * Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluating and installing patches and resolve software related problems.

 * Perform system backups and recovery.

 * Maintain data files and monitors system configuration to ensure data integrity.

 * Possesses and applies expertise across key tasks and high impact assignments.

 * Plans and leads major assignments.

 * Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.

 * Supports ATO efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts.

 * Functions as an expert across multiple project assignments.

 * May supervise others.